A NEW-LOOK Darvel notched up their first win of the season against Ardeer on Saturday.Boss Iain Kearney has given the side a much-needed overhaul since taking charge at Recreation Park in December.Kearney said: “I was delighted to get rid of the hoodoo of the first win of the season.“I thought to a man we were excellent on Saturday and played some good football at times.“We have been working hard at training and I think that was evident with our display.”Kearney added: “Our fitness and team spirit is building and hopefully we can take this level of performance forward.”Darvel debutants Steven Wood, Alan Moodie and Grant Kirkwood all came through Saturday’s game with flying colours and captain Chris Taylor provided the defensive backbone. Some clever midfield play by Gemmell and Scott and clever link up play by McLean led to McCormack and Hastings having good opening spells threatening the Ardeer goal.The breakthrough came inside 10 minutes when a well-worked corner found Scott slip his marker and fire home from eight yards.Darvel continued to pile on the pressure with McCormack shooting wide of the goal with only the keeper to beat, and Webb powering over the bar from inside the box.Ardeer went down to 10 men when their captain Derek Gemmell was red carded on 35 minutes for a two-footed challenge on Taylor. The visitors picked up seven yellow and two red cards in the match.Half-time saw a tactical switch with Dummigan replacing Gemmell who had a near faultless display, but had picked up a yellow card and safety saw the young midfielder take an early shower.The second half began as in the first with Darvel showing good desire to keep their lead with Dummigan striking the bar and narrowly shooting wide from a tight angle.Other chances fell to McGurn, Webb and McLean with Scott and Hastings making the numerical advantage count with some fine penetrating runs.Scott was the provider this time for Cameron McLean to score his first goal for the club when the cutback found him in space to coolly slot home.Ardeer made a double substitution with Niall Kennedy and Darren Quinn replaced by Daryl Kean and Kevin Ramsay. Against the run of play, Ardeer’s Scott Reid scored with a fine strike low into the corner of the Darvel goal with keeper Stephen Woods unsighted.Any thoughts of Ardeer staging a come back were quickly quashed when further waves of attack saw Hastings beat several defenders and cutback for McLean who found Dummigan in the box and with great skill flicked the ball into the feet of McGurn who made no mistake to send Darvel safely towards their first win of season.Ardeer were reduced to nine men in the closing spell when Lenny Boyle picked up a second yellow card.This Saturday, Darvel are at home to Saltcoats in the first round of the Ayrshire Cup. Kick-off is 2pm.Kearney said: “I would expect it to be a closer affair than the Scottish Cup exit when they beat us 8-0.“It will be a tough match but we will give everything in a bid to reach the next round and a tie against Winton Rovers.”The club want to encourage all local football fans to come along to the game.